TUBAS, November 29, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces ordered Palestinian farmers to evict a land where they were working on Wednesday morning, near the village of Sakout, in the Jordan Valley, according to local sources.

Muataz Besharat, who monitors settlements’ activities in the area, told WAFA that Israeli forces ordered the farmers to stop working and leave immediately.

The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea make up approximately 30% of the West Bank and are considered the most significant Palestinian land reserves, according to the Israeli Rights group B’Tselem.

Israel continues to pursue various measures to annex this territory de facto since 1967, preventing the development of Palestinian communities and destroying homes in Palestinian Bedouin communities.

Meanwhile, Israel exploits the resources of the area and generates profit by allocating generous tracts of land and water resources to Israeli settlements.

International rights organizations have considered the continuation of the Israeli campaign, which targets Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, whether though confiscations, demolitions or evictions under the pretext of holding military exercises, as a violation of international humanitarian law.

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